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American Equity Named Top Company as Life-Health Insurer

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa --(Business Wire)--

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company, a leading underwriter
of index and fixed rate annuities, announced today that the company was
named to the 2014 Ward's 50® group of top performing life and
health insurers for the fourth consecutive year. American Equity is
recognized for achieving outstanding financial results in the areas of
safety, consistency and performance over a five year period (2009-2013).

"Being named to Ward's 50® is a tremendous honor for our
team," said Ron Grensteiner, President at American Equity. "Safety,
consistency and performance are all important aspects of our company and
we are proud to be recognized as a op performer in these areas."

Ward Group is a trusted leader of benchmarking and best practices
services for the insurance industry. Annually, Ward Group analyzes
nearly 800 life-health insurance companies in the United States and
identifies the top performers in each segment. Each of the top 50
companies is awarded the Ward's 50® Seal and their names are
listed as the Ward's 50® top performers for the year. Each
Ward's 50® company has passed all safety and consistency
screens and achieved superior performance over the five years analyzed.

ABOUT AMERICAN EQUITY

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company is a leader in fixed
rate and fixed indexed annuities. Headquartered in West Des Moines,
Iowa, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company is committed to
providing products with integrity as well as superior service to the
agents they partner with and their policy holders. For more information,
please visit life.american-equity.com.